diff --git a/.changes/ignore-parent-gitignore.md b/.changes/ignore-parent-gitignore.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..356b465a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/ignore-parent-gitignore.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:bug
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:bug
+---
+
+Ignore parent .gitignore files on the Tauri project path detection.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/app_paths.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/app_paths.rs
index b20b991ef..1bf1ef9b5 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/app_paths.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/app_paths.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn walk_builder(path: &Path) -> WalkBuilder {
   let mut builder = WalkBuilder::new(path);
   builder.add_custom_ignore_filename(".taurignore");
   builder.git_global(false);
+  builder.parents(false);
   let _ = builder.add_ignore(default_gitignore);
   builder
 }
@@ -94,20 +95,36 @@ fn env_tauri_frontend_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
 pub fn resolve_tauri_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
   let src_dir = env_tauri_app_path().or_else(|| current_dir().ok())?;
 
-  if src_dir.join(ConfigFormat::Json.into_file_name()).exists()
-    || src_dir.join(ConfigFormat::Json5.into_file_name()).exists()
-    || src_dir.join(ConfigFormat::Toml.into_file_name()).exists()
-  {
-    return Some(src_dir);
+  for standard_tauri_path in [src_dir.clone(), src_dir.join("src-tauri")] {
+    if standard_tauri_path
+      .join(ConfigFormat::Json.into_file_name())
+      .exists()
+      || standard_tauri_path
+        .join(ConfigFormat::Json5.into_file_name())
+        .exists()
+      || standard_tauri_path
+        .join(ConfigFormat::Toml.into_file_name())
+        .exists()
+    {
+      log::debug!(
+        "Found Tauri project inside {} on early lookup",
+        standard_tauri_path.display()
+      );
+      return Some(standard_tauri_path);
+    }
   }
 
+  log::debug!("resolving Tauri directory from {}", src_dir.display());
+
   lookup(&src_dir, |path| {
     folder_has_configuration_file(Target::Linux, path) || is_configuration_file(Target::Linux, path)
   })
   .map(|p| {
     if p.is_dir() {
+      log::debug!("Found Tauri project directory {}", p.display());
       p
     } else {
+      log::debug!("Found Tauri project configuration file {}", p.display());
       p.parent().unwrap().to_path_buf()
     }
   })
@@ -142,6 +159,11 @@ pub fn resolve_frontend_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     return Some(frontend_dir);
   }
 
+  log::debug!(
+    "resolving frontend directory from {}",
+    frontend_dir.display()
+  );
+
   lookup(&frontend_dir, |path| {
     if let Some(file_name) = path.file_name() {
       file_name == OsStr::new("package.json")